United States v. Pacheco
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from trie decree of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, confirming the survey and location of a grant made by the Mexican Government of California to Pacheco and another, March 28d, 1844, for three leagues of land, situated on the east side of the Bay of San Francisco. ' The decree of the District Court confirming the claim of the grantees under the grant, described the land as “known by the name of Potrero de los Cerritos,…
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Appeal from trie decree of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, confirming the survey and location of a grant made by the Mexican Government of California to Pacheco and another, March 28d, 1844, for three leagues of land, situated on the east side of the Bay of San Francisco. ' The decree of the District Court confirming the claim of the grantees under the grant, described the land as “known by the name of Potrero de los Cerritos, and bounded ..on the side of the Mission of San José by the Sanjon de los Alisos (Ravine of the Willows), on the north…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The decree' of the District Court confirms the claim of the respondents to the extent of three square leagues, and'describes the land as bounded, on the side of the Mission of San José, by the Sanjon de los Alisos (or Ravine of the Willows); on the north by the Arroyo de la Alameda (creek of the Alameda); and on the west by the Bay of San Francisco. As the ravine and creek connect with each other, the boundaries given inclose on all sides the tract-, from which the three leagues are to be taken. On the side of the bay there are about two leagues of salt or marsh land. The whole of this land…
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